Adjustable necktie.



W. J. iONE S.

ADJUSTABLE NECKTBE.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 20. 1941-.

1,267,553. Patented May 2s,191&

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WIRT J. JONES, 0F PHOENIX, ARIZONA.

ADJUSTABLE NECK'I'IE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 28, 1918,

Application filed March 20, 1917. Serial No. 156,055.

To all whom. it may concern:

Be it known that I, WIRT J. J ONES, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Phoenix, in the county of Maricopa and State of Arizona, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Adjustable Neckties, of which the following is a specification.

The present invention relates to neckties,

and has for an object to provide a necktie which may be adjusted as to length to adapt the tie for use as a four-in-hand, or a bow tie.

Another object is to provide a length-adjusting attachment for neckties which are already made and in use, the same being applied to the severed ends of a necktie after the latter has been cross-cut at a desired point intermediate its ends.

A further object of the present invention is to provide adjusting means for neckties which may be made in pairs separately from the necktie, and displayed and sold sepa rately for application to the usual necktie, or which may be attached to the necktie during the manufacture thereof.

The above, and various other objects and advantages of this invention will be in part described, and in part understood, from the following detailed description of the present preferred embodiment, the same being illustrated in the accompanying drawing wherein: Figure 1 is a perspective view of a necktie constructed according to the present invention, the sections thereof being separated.

Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the necktie adjusted and tied into a four-in-hand.

Fig. 3 is a similar view disclosing the necktie adjusted and tied into a bow tie.

Figure 4 is a fragmentary enlarged edge view of the rear portion of the tie, showing the adjacent ends of the sections overlapping, and showing the adjusting attachment applied to the tie sections.

Fig. 5 is a detail perspective view, enlarged, of one of the length-adjusting attachments for the necktie.

Referring to this drawing, wherein like parts are designated by similar characters of reference throughout the several views, 10 and 11 designate a pair of necktie sections which are formed by cross-cutting an ordinary four-in-hand tie intermediate its ends,

or by making the tie in two separate end sections.

The inner end of each section 10 and 11 is provided with a length-adjusting attachment, such as shown in detail in Fig. 5, and which is in the form of a flattened loop preferably of angular construction. The loop, designated as 12, may be closed at all sides and provided with an attaching tab 13 in the form of a strip, flexible or otherwise, which is returned upon itself and engaged about one bar of the loop 12. The free ends of the tab 13 are adapted to receive therebetween the inner -extremity of the adjacent section, such as 10, and to be stitched or otherwise suitably secured to the section to hold the loop 12 thereon. A loop 12 is placed upon the inner end of each of the sections 10 and 11.

The outer ends of the sections 10 and 11 are adapted to be threaded through the loops 12 of the opposite sections, and to bedrawn through the loops to move the latter toward each other, and into contact as shown in Fig. 2, when it is desired to use the necktie as a four-in-hand. When, however, it is desired to use the tie as a bow-tie, it is only necessary to draw the loops 12 apart over the sections with which they slidably engage, in order to shorten the length of the tie to the desired size. When the necktie is engaged.

about a collar, or the like, the overlapping inner or rear ends of the sections 10 and 11 lie flat against each other, and by their frictional contact, and the provision of the loops 12, hold the latter from sliding toward each other and thus retain the necktie in adjusted position.

a In the practical embodiment of the present invention above described, it is designed to make the length-adjusting devices, such as shown in Fig. 5, in pairs and to display and sell the same as such independently of the necktie. The purchaser may obtain a pair of these adjusting devices, and cross-cut an ordinary four-in-hand tie, and stitch or otherwise suitably apply the tab 13 to the cut ends of the tie-sections. of the sections may be looped through the loops of the opposite sections, as above described, and the usual four-in-handJie is thus made adjustable to vary the length thereof for diiferent sized collars, and also for producing the four-in-hand, and bow ties.

The free ends if desired, the loops 12 may be secured upon the inner ends of the sections 10 and 11 in any other suitable manner than as above specifically described, and be attached to the sections during the manufacture of the same. While the loops 12 are shown in the present instance as being formed of Wire or other relatively stifi material, it is of course understood that it may be made from any suitable material for receiving and holdillg' the overlapping ends of the tie sections together.

It is of course understood that the present invention embraces all such modifications and changes Without departing from the spirit thereof, as are Within the scope of the following claims. a

I claim l. A necktie comprising a pair of sections, overlapping at their inner ends, and a loop carried upon the inner end of each section and adapted to receive therethrough the outer end of the opposite section.

2. A necktie comprising a pair of end sections, arranged to overlap at their inner ends, a loop slidably mounted upon each section, and means for securing the loops to the inner extremities of the opposite sections 3. In a necktie, the combination of a pair of independent end sections, and a loop secured upon the inner extremity of each section, the free ends of said sections being adapted for slidable engagement through the loops of' the opposite sections to hold the inner extremities thereof in overlapping position and to slidably connect said sections. 7

4. The combination with a necktie cross- 7 cut intermediate its ends into-a pair of opposite end sections, of a loop attached to the 'cut end of each section and adapted to re- WIRT J. JUNES. 

